Global warming is one of the most biggest issue in the whole world. For the United States its a big issue because the country may be running out of petrolium. The energy that we use for every da in our cars, house all that we use Petrolium. Wich means that if teh country consume more that need we may not have enough. This may be a problem with the govermen, becasue they re having problem with the countries from wg=her ethe petrlium its exported.
2008 its the elections year, its time to see froma a differentpor of view. the two candidates for the presidence had given their plan to how solve this bigg issue betweent the countries. On of the cadnidates John McCain, sayed on his speech that if he get elected his plans of change its to find other sources of energy, such as solar energ. The other candidate Obama has the same plan, but with more advance ides. his ideas to solve the issues with other countries
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra
The eighth-grade math class at Intermediate School 30 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, sounded like a video arcade on Monday morning as 30 students zoomed through virtual tunnels and zapped competitors with a blue freezing light.
Then all action stopped as an algebra problem popped on screen: What is the slope-intercept formula for points A and B?
“You have to be at the top of your game,” said Salma Nakhlawi, 13, who has been brushing up on her math skills along with her hand-eye coordination so that she can play the video game Dimension M with her friends. “I used to hate math, but I’ve started to like it. I actually understand it more.”
This fall, New York City is rolling out Dimension M — M stands for math — in 109 middle schools across the five boroughs after trying the game out in two dozen schools, including I.S. 30, last year. Like a modern twist on “Jeopardy!,” the fast-paced video game quizzes students on prealgebra and algebra topics ranging from prime numbers to fractions and complex equations. A correct answer brings 500 or more points, a wrong one as few as 25; the player with the most points wins. (No prizes, just glory.)
Whether such educational video games are effective teaching tools is among the key questions behind the new Games for Learning Institute, a $3 million research effort at New York University that was publicly unveiled on Tuesday. The institute, a partnership between the Microsoft Corporation and six universities (N.Y.U., Columbia, the City University of New York, Dartmouth, Parsons the New School for Design, and the Rochester Institute of Technology) will study games used in middle school classrooms and then create prototypes for new ones.
The plan is to test the prototypes, focusing on math and science, in more than a dozen schools in the New York area, and share the research with game developers and others, but not sell them commercially.
“At the core, we are trying to understand what’s fun for kids in this age group and relate that to what’s learning,” said Ken Perlin, a computer science professor at N.Y.U. who will direct the new institute, which will have 14 faculty members, drawn from the six institutions, including Columbia’s Teachers’ College.
John Nordlinger, a senior research manager for Microsoft, said that the company had previously backed efforts to promote computer science among college students but that this project was its first effort to try to improve math and science skills in middle school students. “It turns out that this is a really hard problem,” he said.
In recent years, video games have been used to teach subjects including math and history, with shoot’em-up style action as well as simulations of historical settlements like Jamestown and modern-day workplaces like a law firm or sports management office. Since 2006, West Virginia has also been installing the fast-paced dance game Dance Dance Revolution in its schools to promote physical education.
Dimension M, created by the New York company Tabula Digita, started in 13 middle schools, including four in New York City, in 2006 and has since expanded to more than 300 middle and high schools in 10 states. In Florida, for instance, the Broward County Public Schools began using the game this fall in 24 middle schools.
Ntiedo Etuk, who is the chief executive of Tabula Digita and has degrees in electrical engineering and business, said that he grew up playing video games on Apple II computers and saw an opportunity to engage a new generation of students with games that have a higher educational purpose. Dimension M’s questions are drawn from standard math concepts and curriculums used nationally, but the company has also tailored the game to the specific curriculum in an individual state or district.
Then all action stopped as an algebra problem popped on screen: What is the slope-intercept formula for points A and B?
“You have to be at the top of your game,” said Salma Nakhlawi, 13, who has been brushing up on her math skills along with her hand-eye coordination so that she can play the video game Dimension M with her friends. “I used to hate math, but I’ve started to like it. I actually understand it more.”
This fall, New York City is rolling out Dimension M — M stands for math — in 109 middle schools across the five boroughs after trying the game out in two dozen schools, including I.S. 30, last year. Like a modern twist on “Jeopardy!,” the fast-paced video game quizzes students on prealgebra and algebra topics ranging from prime numbers to fractions and complex equations. A correct answer brings 500 or more points, a wrong one as few as 25; the player with the most points wins. (No prizes, just glory.)
Whether such educational video games are effective teaching tools is among the key questions behind the new Games for Learning Institute, a $3 million research effort at New York University that was publicly unveiled on Tuesday. The institute, a partnership between the Microsoft Corporation and six universities (N.Y.U., Columbia, the City University of New York, Dartmouth, Parsons the New School for Design, and the Rochester Institute of Technology) will study games used in middle school classrooms and then create prototypes for new ones.
The plan is to test the prototypes, focusing on math and science, in more than a dozen schools in the New York area, and share the research with game developers and others, but not sell them commercially.
“At the core, we are trying to understand what’s fun for kids in this age group and relate that to what’s learning,” said Ken Perlin, a computer science professor at N.Y.U. who will direct the new institute, which will have 14 faculty members, drawn from the six institutions, including Columbia’s Teachers’ College.
John Nordlinger, a senior research manager for Microsoft, said that the company had previously backed efforts to promote computer science among college students but that this project was its first effort to try to improve math and science skills in middle school students. “It turns out that this is a really hard problem,” he said.
In recent years, video games have been used to teach subjects including math and history, with shoot’em-up style action as well as simulations of historical settlements like Jamestown and modern-day workplaces like a law firm or sports management office. Since 2006, West Virginia has also been installing the fast-paced dance game Dance Dance Revolution in its schools to promote physical education.
Dimension M, created by the New York company Tabula Digita, started in 13 middle schools, including four in New York City, in 2006 and has since expanded to more than 300 middle and high schools in 10 states. In Florida, for instance, the Broward County Public Schools began using the game this fall in 24 middle schools.
Ntiedo Etuk, who is the chief executive of Tabula Digita and has degrees in electrical engineering and business, said that he grew up playing video games on Apple II computers and saw an opportunity to engage a new generation of students with games that have a higher educational purpose. Dimension M’s questions are drawn from standard math concepts and curriculums used nationally, but the company has also tailored the game to the specific curriculum in an individual state or district.
IHS
International H.S its a very small school no more then 500 hundred students. IHS is located at La Guardia Community college,Long Island City, New York. in my personal opinion IHS its one of the best high schools. The most interesting thing i had done in IHS, ans which left me a great experience was my internship. in was a great experience.Another thing that IHS have and other school don't its that in here we can take college classes for free. In this way you can star building your future more earlier then though.
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